arXiv Machine Learning

Optimal Regularization for Performative Learning

arXiv:2510. 12249v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: In performative learning, the data distribution reacts to the deployed model - for example, because strategic users adapt their features to game it - which creates a more complex dynamic than in classical supervised learning.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 10

Risk Comparisons in Linear Regression: Implicit Regularization Dominates Explicit Regularization

arXiv:2509. 17251v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Existing theory suggests that for linear regression problems categorized by capacity and source conditions, gradient descent (GD) is always minimax optimal, while both ridge regression and online stochastic gradient descent (SGD) are polynomially suboptimal for certain categories of such problems.

By Jingfeng Wu, Peter L. Bartlett, Sham M. Kakade, Jason D. Lee, Bin Yu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Benign Overfitting Does Not Occur in Diffusion Models

arXiv:2607. 02671v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Benign overfitting and double descent have come to shape our understanding of generalization in deep learning, establishing that overfitting is not only compatible with good generalization but can actively benefit it.

By Tyler Farghly, Benjamin Dupuis, Alain Durmus, Umut Simsekli
arXiv Machine Learning
6d ago

A Variational Analysis of Kernel Learning with Learnable Linear Transformations

arXiv:2502. 11665v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The classical kernel ridge regression problem aims to find the best fit for the output $Y$ as a function of the input data $X\in \mathbb{R}^d$, with a fixed choice of regularization term imposed by a given choice of a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, such as a Sobolev space.

By Yang Li, Feng Ruan
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

Strategic Feature Selection

arXiv:2606. 18867v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When algorithmic predictors inform resource allocation in high-stakes domains such as healthcare, these predictors must account for strategic manipulation of input features.

By Jivat Neet Kaur, Pratik Patil, Divya Shanmugam, Emma Pierson, Michael I. Jordan, Nika Haghtalab, Meena Jagadeesan, Ahmed Alaa, Serena Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Distribution-free Deviation Bounds and The Role of Domain Knowledge in Learning via Model Selection with Cross-validation Risk Estimation

arXiv:2303. 08777v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Cross-validation is one of the most widely used tools for risk estimation and model selection in statistics and machine learning, yet its theoretical properties when embedded in a learning procedure remain insufficiently understood.

By Diego Marcondes, Cl\'audia Peixoto